Mabch 16, 1022 



The Florists' Review 



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and there is every indication that we 

 will have one of the finest shows ever 

 held by the society. Let everybody 

 join in with an exhibit, large or small, 

 and help along the great work. 



S. S. Pennoek, Pres. S. A. P. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The market continues on the side of 

 oversupply, and the wholesalers experi- 

 ence much difficulty in effecting daily 

 clearances. The demand hag improved 

 a little, but is not yet what is usually 

 expected at this time of year. The 

 street vender is a favored customer 

 these days, and the ash barrel has no 

 cause for complaint as to scarcity of 

 material. Under an avalanche of bulb- 

 ous material, regular staples are de- 

 pressed, and low values are the order. 

 Tulips predominate, but the supply of 

 narcissi is quite heavy and is now in- 

 creased by arrivals of Narcissus poet- 

 icus, of excellent quality. The weather 

 has favored the bulb growers, as may 

 be believed when it is known that 

 tulips and narcissi in outdoor plantings 

 hereabouts are well out of the ground. 



Eoses are, perhaps, not quite so plen- 

 tiful, but arc still in heavy supply, so 

 that prices of last week are well main- 

 tained. Tlyjre arc fewer top-grade flow- 

 ers, which is a fortunte circumstance 

 for the growers. American Beauty con- 

 tinues in moderate supply at $50 to $100 

 per hundred for specials, and clearances 

 arc not particularly hard to make. Hy- 

 brid teas show good quality. 



Carnations are plentiful, but are a 

 little stronger, the price for top grades 

 now being $4 per hundred, with Mrs. 

 Ward and Laddie bringing $5 and $6, 

 according to quality. The bulk of busi- 

 ness donCj however, is within a range 

 of $3 to ~ 



continue to be abundant, 

 tice range is $15 to $75 per 

 eith a few selected flowers 

 bringing $100. Gardenias 

 ft supply and of rather low 

 quality, tlje best flowers bringing $6 

 per dozen. 



White lilies are in much larger sup- 

 l)ly and the price range has dropped to 

 $10 to $15 per hundred, the latter price 

 for long-stemmed, well mounted flow- 

 ers. Lilies of the valley continue at 

 the glut point; selected sprays bring in 

 a few oases $6 ]ier hundred, but general 

 sales arc within a range of $1 to $4. 

 Few rubrum lilies are arriving, and 

 sales are hard to make at $6 to $12. 



Tulips arc hard to quote, but it may 

 be reported that the best top is $1 per 

 dozen, with other grades downward to 

 25 cents and less for clearances. The 

 same may be said of narcissi. 



Acacia is ])lentiful this year, and 

 prices are down to $1 to $1.50 per bunch. 

 Bouvardia is in small supply. Good myo- 

 sotis commands 50 cents per l)nnch and 

 snapdragons $1, with lower grades down 

 to 25 cents. Other miscellaneous flow- 

 ers meet a moderate demand, and the 

 supply includes buddlein, calendulas, 

 daisies, wallflowers, delphiniums, gla- 

 dioli, lilac, mignonette, pansies, prim- 

 roses, stocks, callas, iris and freesias. 



Various Notes. 



Tlie prevailing topic of conversation 

 til is week is, of course, the flower show. 

 Out of-town florists are rather plenti- 

 ful, and are making calls in the whole- 

 sale districts. The chairman of the 



CattleyJ 

 and the 

 hundred, _] 

 and hybr 

 are in si 



Clarence R. Greene. 



(Chairman of the Committee on Special Featiii-.« loi the National Floni r Sliow.) 



New York Florists' Club's dinner com- 

 mittee, Paul Rigo, reported reservations 

 for seats at the dinner to take place 

 Wednesday evening, March 15, coming 

 in quite lively. The club's regular 

 meeting, to have been held Monday eve- 

 ning, March 13, has been postponed, ow- 

 ing to the opening of the flower show 

 and the inability to obtain a room for 

 the meeting in the Grand Central Pal- 

 ace. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., White Marsh. 

 M(l., is in the city to attend the flower 

 show. Tuesday, March 14, he presided 

 at a meeting of the executive commit- 

 tee of the American Dahlia Society. 

 h(>ld at the Grand hotel. 



E. C. Vick has resigned from the sec- 

 retaryship of the American Sweet Pea 

 Societv. J. n. P. 



A. M. Henshaw, president of the Al- 

 lied Florists' Association, in speaking 

 of his trip abroad, the main object of 

 which was to better the conditions of 

 obtaining su])plies, especially from F^ng- 

 land, says tliat he was entirely success- 

 ful along these lines, and that in the 

 future it will be much easier to procure 

 all general florists' supplies. He found 

 that the florists over there were begin- 

 ning to enjoy a real prosperity, after 

 tlic slump of the last six or seven years. 

 Among other interesting facts, he states 

 that the Royal Horticultural Society 

 stages a flower sliow at intervals ot' 



every two weeks, which is a grand mc- 

 diuiii of advertising, altliough costly to 

 till' florists taking part. Florists in Fug- 

 land are intensely interested in our ad- 

 vertising cam))uigns and are carefully 

 watching us. 



Due to tlie strike among the litliog- 

 raphers, wliicli delayed the receipt ot the 

 association's window-stickers, added to 

 delay caused by the holding of the na- 

 tional flower sliow at Indianapolis, the 

 mass meeting of the Allied Florists' As- 

 sociation has been postpone<l to be held 

 during the week of April o. The cir- 

 cular jiamjihlet containing the cuts ot 

 the projiosi'd advertising, etc., is p:ae- 

 tically completed; in fact, just awaiting 

 the window-stickers. 



Lincoln Pierson, president of the Co- 

 operative Rose Growers' Association, is 

 still confined to his home, thus holding 

 uji that association's work. This will 

 explain to many rose growers why they 

 have not received any notices, litera- 

 ture, etc. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



Tlie beginning of last week found the 

 Washington market brisk, and all de- 

 li\-eries cle.'ined u]t well, with the i'ossi- 

 l)Ie exception of sweet peas, which hung 

 at troiri $10 to $15 per thousand. .Sin- 

 ii\>' violets also seemed to drag .iiid it 



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